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> [You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works simply because they are who they are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/you-can-time-a-part-perfectly-and-play-it-badly-and-some-people-have/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

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## More by Alan Bates

> [No film should try to follow a trend, and do what film people think the public wants. There's no such thing as knowing what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/no-film-should-try-to-follow-a-trend-and-do-what-film-people-think/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [Occasionally I do things against my inner voice, but you really should go for the thing that touches you most-even if you don't quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/occasionally-i-do-things-against-my-inner-voice-but-you-really-should/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [I do believe in living out your own time, unless it's absolutely impossible, which it is for some people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/i-do-believe-in-living-out-your-own-time-unless-it-s-absolutely/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [I think that can happen, that two people can love each other and not be able to get on at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/i-think-that-can-happen-that-two-people-can-love-each-other-and-not/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [An emotional performance is usually more instinctive to an actor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/an-emotional-performance-is-usually-more-instinctive-to-an-actor/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [You can time a part perfectly and play it badly. And some people have very individual offbeat timing, which is their own. It works…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/you-can-time-a-part-perfectly-and-play-it-badly-and-some-people-have/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [I've never believed much in that holding hands kind of love. I've always thought that love is about two different personalities trying to confront…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/i-ve-never-believed-much-in-that-holding-hands-kind-of-love-i-ve/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [I think actors are privileged. Acting feeds you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/i-think-actors-are-privileged-acting-feeds-you/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [I have always tried to work according to what affects me, to a script that I like because it touches me in some way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/i-have-always-tried-to-work-according-to-what-affects-me-to-a-script/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [You've got to have steel in you somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/you-ve-got-to-have-steel-in-you-somewhere/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [People ask, how do you cope, and all I can say is that you do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/people-ask-how-do-you-cope-and-all-i-can-say-is-that-you-do/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

> [You can't always go by the book, even in comedy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bates/you-can-t-always-go-by-the-book-even-in-comedy/)

[Alan Bates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bates/)

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